South bank of Penwhapple Burn, Penwhapple Glen (Ordovician of the United Kingdom)

Also known as Pinwhapple Glen

Where: Scotland, United Kingdom (55.2° N, 4.8° W: paleocoordinates 21.5° S, 29.7° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Diplograptus multidens graptolite zone, Burnside Conglomerate Member (Balclatchie Formation), Burrellian (456.6 - 452.5 Ma)

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore; lithified, calcareous siltstone and conglomerate

• Spheroidally weathering grits and conglomerates

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: A. Williams. 1962. The Barr and lower Ardmillan series (Caradoc) of the Girvan District, south-west Ayrshire, with descriptions of the Brachiopoda. Memoir - Geological Society of London 3:1-267 [M. Patzkowsky/Z. Krug/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 192745: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 18.04.2018

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Taxonomic list

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Craniata
 Trimerellida - Trimerellidae
"Obolellina aff. dixonensis" = Eodinobolus dixonensis
"Obolellina aff. dixonensis" = Eodinobolus dixonensis Cooper 1956
Rhynchonellata
 Pentamerida - Parallelelasmatidae
"Metacamerella balclatchiensis" = Metacamarella balclatchiensis
"Metacamerella balclatchiensis" = Metacamarella balclatchiensis Davidson 1883
[Metacamerella baldatchiensis]
 Rhynchonellida - Oligorhynchiidae
Oligorhynchia conybearei
 Rhynchonellida - Ancistrorhynchidae
Drepanorhyncha calva
Drepanorhyncha calva Williams 1962
 Atrypida - Anazygidae
Catazyga arcana
Catazyga arcana Williams 1962
 Atrypida - Septatrypidae
? Idiospira cuneatella
? Idiospira cuneatella Davidson 1883
 Orthida - Plectorthidae
Mimella sp., Plectorthis sp.
Mimella sp. Cooper 1930
Plectorthis sp. Hall and Clarke 1892
 Orthida - Draboviidae
Pionodema sp.
Pionodema sp. Foerste 1912
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae
Limbimurina sp.
 Strophomenida - Hesperomenidae
Anoptambonites sp.
Anoptambonites sp. Williams 1962
 Strophomenida - Leptellinidae
Leptellina sp.
Leptellina sp. Ulrich and Cooper 1936
 Strophomenida - Leptestiidae
"Diambonia cf. anatoli" = Leangella (Leangella) anatoli
"Diambonia cf. anatoli" = Leangella (Leangella) anatoli Spjeldnaes 1957
 Strophomenida - Sowerbyellidae
Xenambonites revelatus n. sp.
Xenambonites revelatus n. sp. Williams 1962
 Strophomenida - Christianiidae
Christiania cf. bilobata
 Orthotetida - Triplesiidae
Oxoplecia subborealis, "Epacroplecia grayiae" = Craigella grayiae
Oxoplecia subborealis Davidson 1883
Oxoplecia sub-borealis
"Epacroplecia grayiae" = Craigella grayiae Davidson 1870
Trilobita
 Olenida - Olenidae
"Triarthrus reedi" = Porterfieldia caecigena
"Triarthrus reedi" = Porterfieldia caecigena Raymond 1920 trilobite
 Lichida - Lichidae
Hemiarges angustifrons
Hemiarges angustifrons Tripp 1954 trilobite
 Trinucleida - Raphiophoridae
Raymondella macconochiei
Raymondella macconochiei Nicholson and Etheridge 1879 trilobite
 Trinucleida - Trinucleidae
Reedolithus subradiatus
 Phacopida - Cheiruridae
"Nieszkowskia unica" = Hammannopyge unica, Sphaerexochus balclatchiensis
"Nieszkowskia unica" = Hammannopyge unica Thomson 1857 trilobite